MODERN CRITICISM OF THE SAHABAH: AN APPRAISAL

Abstract

The relationship between the sahabah and Qur’an and sunnah is
crucial in terms of the reliability of the texts because its narrations are closely linked to the reliability of the narrators and the sahabah in general. Muslims can reach the sacred texts only through the
sahabah; there is no other material means. The issue of the sahabah is not merely a story of some people who lived during a certain
period of time. They are not objects of history or the science of
narration. The issue of the sahabah is very sensitive because their
position plays an important role not as individual biographies, but becasue of the role they played in transmitting of the ahadith of the Prop ophe het (􀁕) This study analyzes the sensitivity of this issue and the disputes on the sahabah in terms of theory and practice from their
historical and modern critical perspectives.